Both boys did a great job at a local fishing derby this weekend. The older won first place in the most fish category.  The youngest finished third in the same category. The derby was two hours long and both boys worked hard for a trophy.  I was in charge of everything except reeling in. The older casts on occasion but it is still a mystery as to where it will go :).

We used night crawlers with an old school red and white bobber. The boys  reel in slow and the blue gill can’t resist.  Our secret is a size 12 hook with a wide gap.  Just about any sized blue gill can pick it up and the hook is so small that as long as I can see it in its mouth, I can use my surgical pliers to get it out.

I was a proud pappa!